In House Shipping:
In 1935, Hitler abrogated the Treaty of Versailles, and revealed the newly formed German Wehrmacht. This included the Luftwaffe, the German Air Force, which had surreptitiously been rebuilt with new gliders, bombers, and fighters, as well as a cadre of young officers. The Luftwaffe cut its teeth in the Spanish Civil War, wreaking havoc against cities such as Guernica in 1937, and infamously laid waste to London during the “Blitz” from September 1940-May 1941. In 1937, the Luftwaffe introduced the 2nd model dress dagger for officers, which was a smaller design more in the Army style than the 1st model. It was produced by some of Germany’s finest cutlers. This German WW2 Luftwaffe Officer Alcoso 2nd Model Dress Dagger is in Good Condition, with the blade, ferrule, handle, and pommel system remaining somewhat askew from the guard, some light nicking to the blade tip, some sharpening to the blade edges, moderate cleaning, scratching, and pitting at each side of the blade, moderate cleaning to the guard and pommel, which has removed most of the darkened finish, a very small chip in the upper spine of the handle, some scattered spot darkening to the handle, remaining difficult to draw from and insert into the scabbard, and with some overall age wear evident. Otherwise, the dagger is in fine shape, with no other damage. Most interestingly, it features a bright 10" double edge dagger spearpoint blade with a pronounced central spine, sports the classic spread wing eagle Luftwaffe guard, oak leaves and acorns decorated ferrule, and matching oak leaves and acorns decorated pommel, the last in a “globe” like shape with a swastika molded into each middle side, and boasts an elegant dark yellowish orange swirl ridged “trylon” (hard plastic) grip with “twisted” brass wire wrapping. It's etched at the ricasso with the familiar “balance scale” logo of its maker, the famous “ALCOSO / SOLINGEN”, carries the original dark brown leather "bumper pad" at the blade/guard join, and is complete with the original German WW2 Luftwaffe Officer 2nd Model Dress Scabbard in Good Condition, with a bit of roughening around the end tip, a few chips in the lower left side, some scattered patina throughout, and with some overall age wear evident. Otherwise, the scabbard is in fine shape, with absolutely no cracking or other damage to the tough darkened steel construction. Most interestingly, it bears the traditional oak leaves and acorns embellishments at the lower front and back body, denoting the 2nd Model Luftwaffe design, exhibits a pebbled body, the original screwed-in throat piece, and both of the original oak leaves embossed mounted steel hanging rings at the upper left side, and the set is a fine example of a rare, original German WW2 Luftwaffe Officer Alcoso 2nd Model Dress Dagger.